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Foss Prospect

Occurrence in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033688
MRDS ID M020322
Record type Site
Current site name Foss Prospect
Related records 10141399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.11, 40.36374 (WGS84)
Relative position ON A STEEP HILLSIDE OF THE N. SLOPES OF DUBAKELLA CREEK, AN E. FLOWING FORK OF THE HEADWATERS OF HAY FORK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony Buck Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 011W 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.11, 40.36374
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DENSE BLACK CHERT BELT SEVERAL YARDS WIDE IS HEAVILY STAINED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE. SMALL AMOUNT OF LIMONITE IS MIXED WITH OXIDES NEAR SURFACE. PSILOMELANE OCCURS AS BANDS, SELVEDGES ON FRACTURE PLANES, AND SMALL VEINLETS IN THE CHERT. WHITE QUARTZ VEINLETS CARRYING PYRITE CUT THROUGH DARK GREEN CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 315 , 317

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 198

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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